Three-time Olympian Taylor Phinney is launching a cycling comeback — switching back to the track — in a bid to race at the LA28 Olympics, some 44 years after his parents won medals at the LA Games.
Phinney, a 35-year-old who retired in 2019, hopes to make the U.S. men’s team pursuit squad for LA28.
Phinney announced the comeback on social media:
NEVER IN A MILLION YEARS could I have predicted this…but here we are 🙂 the old horse still has some kick.
“COMEBACK3000”
What started as a return to gravel racing has delicately snowballed into a full on Olympic dream.
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Wiegman reveals simple way Lionesses bested World Cup holders Spain
In the age of set pieces, it was from a corner that Lauren Hemp volleyed home the Lionesses’ winner against world champions Spain in record time this evening – unlike some of her peers, Sarina Wiegman’s methodology was simple.
“Train”, she said.
England put themselves in strong contention to qualify automatically for the Women’s World Cup just over a year from now, with their quickest goal ever at Wembley earning a 1-0 win in a repeat of the finals at the previous tournament and Euro 2025.
Tatsuya Imai’s career with the Houston Astros has so far consisted of a bad start, a good start and a start that landed him on the 15-day IL with arm fatigue. That might not be what the Astros had in mind when they guaranteed him $54 million out of Japan.
Now sidelined until at least late April, the right-hander spoke to reporters via interpreter on Tuesday and has some rather interesting things to say when discussing his arm fatigue. Per The Athletic’s Chandler Rome, Imai admitted having trouble adjusting to the American lifestyle in baseball and outside of baseball.
Rico Verhoeven believes he’s got what it takes to do what no fighter has been able to do before – knockout all-time great Oleksandr Usyk.
The two heavyweights clash in a crossover superfight, as this boxing championship bout pits Verhoeven, a former GLORY kickboxing champion, against Usyk, the unified heavyweight champion. Despite Verhoeven (1-0) not having much experience in boxing, all while going up against a generational talent, the Dutch fighter is confident he’s got what it takes to put the lights out on Usyk (24-0).
Paige Secor’s walk-off RBI triple in the eighth inning secured the Londonderry High School softball team a 5-4 season-opening Division I win over Salem on Monday. Secor’s deep fly ball scored Mady Normand.
The two-time defending D-I champion Lancers plated their previous four runs in the fifth frame.
Londonderry ace Elisabeth Kearney allowed two earned runs on five hits and one walk alongside 13 strikeouts.
Kearney and Shannon Crowley each went 1-for-4 with two RBIs at the plate for the Lancers.
Mikayla Morales hit a solo home run for Salem.
The Hornets are two wins away from snapping the NBA’s longest current playoff drought.
Our NBA experts pick which teams make it out of the play-in tournament and who wins first-round matchups.
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You’ve got to figure that before any NHL player signs a contract — especially a longer-term one with a new team — they comb through it meticulously and would never accidentally sign one in a drunken stupor.
Well, you’d be wrong, because it turns out it happened to Hockey Hall of Famer Chris Pronger when he inked a five-year deal with the Edmonton Oilers.
Pronger — who spent 18 years in the NHL as one of the league’s most fearsome defenders — has a new book coming out titled “Earned,” and an excerpt of it was published by The Athletic this week.